Amy Williams

Britain’s Golden Winter Olympian, Broadcaster

After claiming Team GB’s only Gold medal at the Vancouver Games, she became Britain’s first solo Winter Olympic champion in 30 years. She has since taken on numerous sporting and broadcasting challenges, and presented 6 series of the much loved ‘Gadget Show’. Remarkably, Amy qualified for her international co-driving license, competing in the International Wales GB Rally.

In 2015 Amy launched her ‘Skeleton Experience’, in partnership with Momentum Ski, a unique initiative which sees her instruct complete novices on the art of skeleton bobsleigh, proving very popular with corporate clients. She recently welcomed her first child Oscar this year, Amy continues to be an outstanding corporate presenter and speaker.

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Asha Philip

Olympic Bronze Medallist & World Championships Silver Medallist

Asha’s story thus far is nothing short of remarkable. After rewriting the history books as a teenager with the world at her feet, Asha once feared whether she would even be able to jog again after suffering a career-threatening cruciate ligament injury that left her unable to partake in any physical exercise for 2 years. Asha was able to overcome this adversity with aplomb storming to an Olympic Bronze medal, a European Indoor 60m title and a national record.

Further to this, Asha continued her good form adding another national title in the 100m going into the World Championships. As one of the senior members of a young Team GB 4 x 100m relay team, Asha showed great leadership when she guided them to a superb Silver medal in the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London.

With a degree in Drama from Kingston University, she is a natural performer and engaging speaker with an infectious energy, who is able to give the perspective of both a current Team GB athlete and senior member of the athletics team. She is committed to continuing her work within schools.

Colin Jackson CBE

Without doubt one of the finest and most loved athletes Great Britain has ever produced. Colin continues to be a fixture on our TV screens, long after retiring from athletics after numerous records and multiple world titles. Colin has seamlessly made the transition into broadcasting, most notably as an integral part of BBC Athletics, covering every major event since the Athens Olympics in 2004. Recent highlights include the London Olympic Games in 2012, the Rio Games in 2016 and the 2017 World Championships.

Mirroring his on-screen presentation and commentary, Colin is a vibrant and charismatic conference / awards host, and high level motivational speaker. With an incredible competitive career behind him, Colin has been extremely well received by numerous audiences. He has consistently starred in both factual entertainment shows and reality challenges, notably being runner-up in Strictly Come Dancing, where he became the first male dancer to score a perfect 40.

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Helen Glover MBE

Double Olympic Gold Medallist Rower

After only starting rowing in 2008, Helen’s has been a remarkable rise in the sport. She wrote herself into the British history books by not only winning Team GB’s first Gold medal of the London Games, but claiming British Rowing’s first ever female Gold medal. She incredibly remained undefeated, despite a temporary change of partner, throughout the entire 4-year cycle to Rio where with Heather Stanning she emphatically defended her Gold medal.

Taking a year out from the sport after Rio, Helen has continued to challenge herself at the highest levels whilst experiencing various media assignments. Most notably appearing in a BBC World series about Japan with new husband environmentalist Steve Backshall, competing in the Devizes To Westminster canoe race to save part of the Borneo rainforest, captaining the Brain & Spine Foundation Team at the 2017 London Marathon, along with regular television commitments. She has become one of the most sought after speakers on the circuit, with a powerful and brilliantly executed talk.

Records / Achievements

2012 & 2016 – Olympic Gold Medallist in Women’s Pair

2016 – Filmed BBC series called ‘Japan’s Northern Wilderness’ which aired to acclaim on BBC World

2017 – Honorary Captain for the Celebrity Boat Race 2017

2017 – Participating in Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Race to raise funds to save part of the rainforest in Borneo

Jonathan Edwards CBE

Unbelievably still the world record holder in triple jump, since setting it in 1995. BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1995, Jonathan went on to win every title possible in his field, culminating with an Olympic Gold medal at Sydney in 2000, cementing his legacy as one of Great Britain’s greatest ever athletes.

Now recognised as one of the most accomplished lead broadcasters, presenters and corporate hosts. Jonathan has taken the stage countless times at important media events, being commissioned for the last four years by the International Olympic Committee to front their live major launches and announcements. Jonathan signed a significant deal with Discovery Eurosport in 2016 to be lead presenter fronting flagship sports programming including both the Summer and Winter Olympics as well as the 2017 World Championships in London and the Tour de France. Jonathan is an accomplished, eloquent speaker and particularly relishes facilitator and hosting roles.

Records / Achievements

Current World Record Holder for Triple Jump

1995 – BBC Sports Personality of the Year

1995 – Broke the World Record at the World Championships in Gothenburg with a jump of 18.29m

2000 – Olympic Gold Medallist at Sydney Olympic Games in Triple Jump

2004 – Commentator for BBC at Athens Olympic Games. Covered all major athletics events since, branching out into other sports

2012 – Joined Channel 4 to present the morning show at London 2012 Paralympic Games

2014 – Went to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics to present live from an array of events

2016 – Signed an exclusive deal with Discovery Eurosport to be lead presenter fronting flagship sports programming including the Olympics

Other notable positions:

Athlete Representative for Local Organising Committee of Olympic Games (LOCOG)

Chair of the Sports Advisory Group, having played an important part in success of the London 2012 bid as an Official Ambassador, and member of the Athletes Advisory Group

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Liz Johnson

Paralympic Gold Medallist / 3 x World Champion Swimmer

One of the biggest and brightest personalities to emerge from the growth of Paralympic sport in the last decade. Liz has a remarkable backstory, demonstrating resilience, determination, and talent to win an Olympic Gold medal in Beijing in 2008 despite the greatest personal challenges imaginable, and continuing her studies in accountancy. She enjoyed a tremendous 2016, being heralded as one of the stars of Channel 4’s award winning production of the Rio Olympic Games.

Now experienced in addressing small and large audiences, feedback from all her corporate appearances has been truly outstanding due to her charismatic and energetic delivery coupled with her warm personality, audiences are touched and inspired by her story.

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Mark Foster

Arguably the most recognised male swimmer of his generation. Representing his country for 23 years, Mark became Britain’s most decorated male swimmer after winning a record 47 major international medals. Mark’s post swimming career has seen him reinvent himself as a renowned broadcaster and successful motivational speaker.

Mark has enjoyed a high-profile TV career, a fixture on BBC’s coverage of the Olympics, the FINA World Championships and swimming meets in general. He enjoyed a memorable stint on Strictly Come Dancing, and is a regular participant on various other shows. 2016 has seen him launch his own range of swimwear, with respected brand Zone3. He invests a huge amount of time leading and inspiring the next generation of young swimmers, running his own successful grassroots clinics.

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Ned Boulting

Ned has been an integral part of ITV’s Tour de France coverage since 2003, forging a position within the cycling world as a respected reporter, presenter and writer. Along the way Ned’s portfolio of work has expanded, annual credit includes coverage of the Tour of Britain and Vuelta a Espana. Ned is an eloquent speaker, and confident host and facilitator.

In 2016 Ned launched Bikeology, a one man live theatrical show about bike stuff. It successfully toured the UK as a near sell-out, and will return for more dates the following year. Ned has had a very busy 2017 so far, commentating on the Tour de France and the Vuelta a Espana whilst also putting on a fantastic performance at Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In addition, in October, Ned will start touring the UK for the second time with his outstanding Bikeology show.

Records / Achievements

Winner of the Royal Television Society Sports News Reporter of the Year

Acknowledged as the authoritative voice and face of cycling on UK terrestrial television

Covered ITV’s Tour de France coverage since 2003, expanded to Tour of Britain and Vuelta a Espana

Started presenting career with Sky Sports Soccer Saturday, alongside Jeff Stelling in 1997

Joined ITV in 2001, covering football events including the Champions League, Europa League, and FA Cup

Other noteable achievements

Produced and directed a number of programmes - 'Dutch Master - A Tribute Dennis Bergkamp' (1998) and Award winning 'Steven Gerrard - A Year in My Life' (2006)

Accomplished author with numerous published works:

‘How Cav Won the Green Jersey: Short Dispatches from the 2011 Tour de France’ (2012)

‘How I Won the Yellow Jumper: Dispatches from the Tour de France’ (2012)

Sally Gunnell OBE

Olympic Gold Medallist in 400m Hurdles

Despite winning her Olympic Gold medal nearly a quarter of a century ago, Sally remains one of the most recognised, respected, and loved females in British sport. She is the only woman in history to have ever concurrently hold all four major championship Gold medals at the same time – Olympic, World, Commonwealth, European & World Record.

She is now an authentic spokesperson of health and wellbeing particularly in the corporate workplace, and her unwavering motivation, dedication and self-belief ensured her on-track success now inspires audiences everywhere. Approachable and down-to-earth, she not only tells her own incredible story but she works with businesses to maximise the potential of their workforce – a formidable example of work/life balance.

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Simon Brotherton

The Voice of Football & Cycling

Over the years Simon has established himself as one of the country’s finest and most diverse sports commentators. After joining the BBC in 1990, Simon is now predominantly known as one of the top tier commentators on Match of the Day, also appearing frequently on BBC Five Live, and for BT Sport as lead commentator for the European Football Show on Sunday nights.

Simon has enjoyed real success as the BBC’s lead cycling commentator after making the transition from radio to television, most notably at Rio 2016, where his performances at both the Olympics and Paralympics received deserved acclaim. In 2017, Simon commentated on the Tour de France as well as Ride London-Surrey Classic for Radio Five Live.

Records / Achievements

6 Olympic Games

3 Commonwealth Games

19 Tour de France’s

6 Baseball World Series

4 World Cup’s

5 European Championships

2 Champions League Finals

2 African Cup of Nations

Boxing World Title Fights in Las Vegas

Multiple Grand Prix Athletics & Formula One Races

2013 – Became BBC’s voice of cycling, and now covers all of TV cycling events for the BBC which started with the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014

2016 – Became lead commentator for the Olympic cycling at the BBC, headed up Channel 4’s commentary of the Paralympic Cycling

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Steve Backley OBE

In an unparalleled career for a British field athlete, Steve’s career saw him throw the javelin to multiple world records, Olympic, World and a load of other medals. He is the only British track and field competitor to win medals at 3 different Olympic Games. He took the mantle from Paul Dickinson as BBC Sports lead field commentator, broadcasting to millions during the Rio Olympics, the 2017 World Championships in London and other major events.

Affable, laid back in nature and ability to communicate with all ages has made Steve both a fantastic ambassador for sport and an excellent role model. Steve has established himself as one of the best respected and sought after speakers within the corporate market. With a background in Sports Psychology and a rich experience competition at the very highest level, Steve has a wealth of knowledge to impart and a long and successful career to back up his theories.

Records / Achievements

1996 & 2000 – Olympic Games Silver Medallist

1994, 1998 & 2002 – European Champion

Only British track and field competitor to win medals at 3 different Olympic Games